Lowcountry property suit settled for $33 million

BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) — A lawsuit brought by property owners along an abandoned Lowcountry rail line has been settled for $33 million.

The Beaufort Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/VNEprT ) the suit concerned property rights on the line between Port Royal and Yemassee.

In the suit, 260 property owners sued saying easements should have been returned to them when the line was abandoned. Instead the State Ports Authority sold the line and property access rights to the Beaufort-Jasper Water and Sewer Authority which has large pipes along the right of way.

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Is this money coming from the State Ports Authority who got the money from BJWSA in the sale? Is the money coming from BJWSA who bought the property? Or the county and the cities who are trying to build walking and bike trails on the property? Sorry but to me the article is not very clear about this.